The state uses nonprofits to redirect activist energies into career-based modes of organizing instead of mass-based modes of organizing capable of actually transforming society.
Educational videos by Another Slice on the nonprofit-industrial complex here. Watch them all or you're a liberal.
True facts. The boards of nonprofits are often stacked with literal capitalists and a few token “community members.” And IME they definitely take advantage of their workers by appealing to the moral nature of the work, less pay longer hours because “we’re not in it for the money.”
But then at the top, there’s always some executive director who gets at least 6 figures to do some unspecified hobnobbing and lecturing (and the actual salary is weirdly not transparent).
Most non-profits are required to publish their financial information as a result of their tax exempt status. If you read the post I made here, you'll find helpful tips in analyzing the financial workings of a nonprofit before making a donation. You'll generally be able to find information about executive salary in their Form 990s. Political nonprofits are a fuck though.
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